Travel Photo of the Day - May, 2014

An Algerian woman and her child walk in the old part of the capital Algiers, known as the Casbah.

Patrick Baz
/ AFP/Getty Images

A scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is beating its wings while flying through its aviary at the Zurich Zoo, in Zurich, Switzerland.Steffen Schmidt
/ European Press Agency

A boy runs with a ball past an Algerian man sitting on the stairs in the old town of Algiers, known as the "Casbah."Patrick Baz
/ AFP/Getty Images

Nepalese devotees carrying a chariot on their shoulders walk on the pond at Gahana Pokhari - A Jewel Pond in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hundreds of local youths carry chariot of Goddess 'Tudaldev' to search goddess lost Jewellery during a traditional 'Gahana Khojne Jatra' which means 'searching for jewels' at the pond. According to Hindu Mythology, It is believed that Goddess Tudaldevi's Jwellery were lost in this pond while she was bathing so that each year local youths help Tudaldevi to find her lost jwellery.Narendra Shrestha
/ European Press Agency

Young Burmese dancers wearing traditional clothing get ready to take part in the closing ceremony during festivities on the fourth day of the Burmese new year water festival called Thingyan in Yangon, Myanmar. Water-throwing is the distinguishing feature of this important festival during the first four days. Thingyan is similar to other new year festivities seen in Southeast Asian countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Songkran in Thailand.Paula Bronstein
/ Getty Images

Tourists walk up the stairs leading to the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Israeli annexed East Jerusalem. The al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City -- built on the holiest site in Judaism and considered the third holiest in Islam -- is a sensitive holy site that is frequently the scene of tensions between the Jewish and Muslim communities.Thomas Coex
/ AFP/Getty Images

A Central University for Nationalities student wearing ethnic clothing before during the Minzu University Of China Graduates Show of 2014 China Graduate Fashion Week at the 751D-PARK Central Hall in Beijing, China.Lintao Zhang
/ Getty Images

A Moroccan woman walks along a narrow street in the Jewish Mellah quarter of Tinghir, at the foot of the High Atlas and the heart of Morocco's Berber community.Fadel Senna
/ AFP/Getty Images

Climbers descend Khumbu Icefall on their way back to Base Camp after summitting the 8,850-meter Mount Everest.Pasang Geljen Sherpa
/ The Associated Press

A boatman rows past various Ghats on the banks of the river Ganges, in Varanasi, India. For tens of millions of people, the city of Varanasi, on the banks of the river Ganges, is a place of pilgrimage, where devout Hindus believe they earn instant salvation.Manish Swarup
/ The Associated Press

Workers set up a monument in honour of the late Pope John Paul II in front of the Catholic Cathedral in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Ehim Demir
/ European Press Agency

Balloons at the start of the 15th International Mountain Balloon Race in Krosno, southern Poland.Darek Delmanowicz
/ European Press Agency

A woman has lunch on a bench at Rossio Square in central Lisbon in Portugal.Patricia De Melo
/ AFP/Getty Images

Lebanese Druze sheikhs stand it the courtyard of the shrine of the Prophet Ayub in the mountainous village of Niha southeast of Beirut.Joseph Eid
/ AFP/Getty Images

Historic steam ships from the Saechsische Dampfshifffahrt (Saxony Steam Ship Company) take part in the fleet parade on the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany. Thousands of spectators came out to watch the spectacle.Oliver Killig
/ European Press Agency

The moon is seen past a gargoyle on the Peace Tower of Parliament Hill in Ottawa.Sean Kilpatrick
/ The Canadian Press

Tourists visit Luxor Temple, a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Egypt.Khalil Hamra
/ The Associated Press

An Indian fisherman casts his net into the Mohanadi River near Munduli some 30 kms away from Bhubaneswar.Asit Kumar
/ AFP/Getty Images

A Jewish man recites the Psalm of David inside to the Cenacle or Upper Room on Mount Zion just outside the Old City of Jerusalem. For Christians, it is the place where Jesus ate the Last Supper with his disciples before he was crucified. It is also the place where his followers were baptised by the Holy Spirit during the Feast of Weeks, known to Christians as Pentecost. Under Israeli law, Christians are only permitted to pray there twice a year. The site is on the upper floor of a building which is also considered holy to Jews and Muslims.Constance Decor
/ AFP/Getty Images

Rickshaw pullers rest on their tri-wheelers in a hot summer noon in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Abir Abdullah
/ European Press Agency

An Indian boy with his face painted participates in a procession on the occasion of Chandan Yatra festival in Puri, 65 kilometers from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. Chandan Yatra means Sandalwood Voyage, where devotees smear the deities of the Lord with cooling sandalwood paste.Biswaranjan Rout
/ The Associated Press

Indian passengers sit on the doors of a running train for cool off during heat wave, at Sealdha railway station in Calcutta, India.Piyal Adhikary
/ European Press Agency

People visit the clock on the main door of the Cathedral of Florence after the restoration of the mechanism, in Florence, Italy.Maurizio Degl'innocenti
/ European Press Agency

A long exposure shows lightning in the sky with reflection in the water on the floor of a building under construction during an evening thunderstorm in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.Hector Retamal
/ AFP/Getty Images

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